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Hey everyone, glad I found this siite.. I just found out wed. that I ruptured my Quad tendon. Slipped on the ice on mon(Dec 21st) and I'm scheduled for surgery on Wed the 30th. Nice to find a support group that has gone through this before. Because this happened around the holidays I have not been able to call back the doctor yet and have very little info. The good news is I have checked into the doc and have heard very good things about him. Do I get a full cast or knee brace? what kind of incision?he said that staying overnight is my option, but I noticed some people said that they stayed 2 nights. Also I am an avid skier and he mentioned he would not recommend ever skiing again, is that sometyhing I should just forget about or is he just being overly cautious? I know the skiing part should not be my concern until I heal, but it is a big part of my life.Thanks in advance.
Hey man. Sorryt o hear about that injury. Quad ruptures SUCK!!!!As for my surgery, I had a straight leg brace for about a month, then to an adjustable brace to work on ROM. I had staples to close the incision that was about 10 inches long. By the way, everyone told me that staples don't hurt coming out. "They" lied.As for the skiing, I sure hope you can return to that activity. I was very involved in powerlifting prior to my accident. My doctor told me that squatting was something that I did not need to do under any circumstances. Now, my PT had me doing squats during rehab and a VERY qualified exercise physiologist recommended squats in my rehab program. All that to say, sometimes you get conflicting information and suggestions from the doctor and PT. I have had a problem for over 3 years now with chronic pain and atrophy. Squatting and a return to powerlifting training is pretty much out for me. Hopefully, your situation is better. I'm not trying to paint an ugly picture of this situation, but you need to be ready for the worst case scenario.I hope the surgery went well and you have a very smooth recovery.
Had surgery wed at 7:30 am. left hospital at around noon so that went well. Uncpomfotable no matter what I do with immobilizer on, but it keeps moving and the bandages slid dpown, called my Drs office and doc on call (new years day) told me to rewrap myself which I did. Not thrilled about exposing my wound when I wrapped it but it had to be done, now sliding again and i"m about to rewrap. Griceberg thanks for your help, luckily I was assuming taking the staples out would hurt! will post again and let you know how it's going.